After Murakami

Reading the “Town of Cats” excerpt from Haruki Murakami’s “1Q84” in this week’s issue had me thinking about Japanese fathers and sons, cats, and a certain minimalist aesthetic that I love. Many of the photographers I was in touch with admitted to being inspired by Murakami’s fiction. (Some had already read “1Q84,” which was released in Japan in three volumes over 2009 and 2010.) Here are some of my favorites of the images they sent in.